Defending & Protecting for More Than 40 Years
Waterbury looked a whole lot different in the late 1980s. But this was around the time Shawn Pace decided to start a side gig. When he wasn’t serving the Waterbury community as a full-time professional firefighter, he was installing alarm systems in his home city. It was a humble start that eventually became a local company called Brass City Alarm. Shawn stayed in the residential sector and slowly but surely grew the business, eventually acquiring more than 500 customers.
In 2014, Shawn’s son, Morgan, took over the family business and hit the ground running. While Shawn focused primarily on low-voltage electrical, Morgan’s background was in commercial high-voltage electrical and fused the two trades together. As Morgan honored his father’s service values and successfully retained the company’s residential customers, he simultaneously took Brass City Alarm into the commercial and industrial sector.
After diversifying the company’s services and gaining traction via word of mouth, Morgan saw another change that needed to be made. Although the name Brass City Alarm held a great deal of sentimental value, Morgan knew it was time to rebrand and choose a new identity that was less about location and more about the promise he and his father have been giving locals for more than 40 years. That is, to serve with sincerity and use a specific, sought-after skill set to keep people safer day and night. URSA Security & Control is a family company through and through and reminds us that we can undergo change and emerge stronger as long as we maintain our core values of honesty, knowledge and integrity.
Why URSA?
Meaning “the great bear,” Ursa Major is the largest constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and one of the most recognized shapes in the entire sky. There are many cultural myths and stories surrounding Ursa Major. To us, the bear symbolizes strength and protection, the same feelings we instill in our security and control services. Just as you can connect the stars of Ursa to form the “Big Dipper,” we connect the dots to create fully integrated, holistic solutions for our customers. Security and control is not one product, but a network of interconnected systems and features that must be properly installed and monitored to ensure optimal performance. In this day and age where technology can be used as a weapon to harm, we use it to keep people safe and protected. That is why we chose to embrace the bear and become URSA.